GEO World articles from November 2001

GEO World archives from November 2001

A Changing Industry Responds to a Changed World. (From the Editor).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... This month's cover story, "Mergers and Acquisitions Remake the Competitive Landscape," beginning on page 30, was initiated during a conversation at an industry trade show. The conversation dealt with the evolution of a specific vendor during...

Geospatial Community Rallies in Wake of Terrorist Attack. (News Link).
November 1, 2001... In the days and weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on New York City (NYC) and Washington, D.C., GIS and related mapping technologies have played an important role. The technologies have provided the public and those involved...

Interactive Relief and Rescue Map: Internet Resource of the Month. (Net Link).(URHere Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... http://www.urhere.com/nymap Within 48 hours of the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001, Washington, D.C.-based URHere Inc. developed and posted to its World Wide Web site the Interactive Relief and Rescue Map, a free, Macromedia Flash-based...

Blue Marble Geographics, Gardiner, Maine: http://www.beyondgeo.com. (Online Update).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Blue Marble Geographics announced its Internet-based mapping service, BeyondGeo, now allows real estate agencies to publish their realty listings directly onto a map within their own World Wide Web sites, with each listing linked to a database...

Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego: http://www.ermapper.com. (Online Update).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Earth Resource Mapping announced Western Australia's Department of Land and Administration (DOLA) launched via its Land Online" World Wide Web site (http://landonline.com.au) SkyView WA, which incorporates Earth Resource Mapping's Image Web...

Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.: http://www.teamgeomedia.com. (Online Update).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions launched Teamgeomedia.com, an online communication channel for the Team GeoMedia program, which provides a global partnership framework for companies and individuals focused on the development, sales,...

MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y.: http://www.mapinfo.com. (Online Update).(New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal won an Explorer Award for its Affordable Housing Directory (http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us), an online, "e-government" application that provides users with access to an updated,...

Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC), Wayland, Mass. http://www.opengis.org/techno/specs.htm. (Online Update).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... OGC announced that an OpenGIS Recommendation entitled "Recommended Definition Data for Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations" now is available online for public review. The paper specifies a data model for metadata in...

People Link.(AGRA Baymont Inc., Clearwater, Fla., named Don Thomson vice president)
November 1, 2001... AGRA Baymont Inc., Clearwater, Fla., named Don Thomson vice president of operations, responsible for the successful implementation and execution of all projects at the company's Clearwater facility, including all administrative functions...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Standardizes GIS. (Federal Connection).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... In August 2001, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased from Redlands, Calif.-based ESRI Inc. a departmentwide site license for ESRI software. The Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), which was negotiated from ESRI's General Service...

NOAA Satellites Reveal Drought Conditions. (Federal Connection).(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... A new satellite-based method for early detection, monitoring and analysis of drought shows that almost 20 percent of the world's land mass has been stricken by drought in the last two years, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and...

Autodesk University Brings "Campus" to Las Vegas. (Conference Connection).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... San Rafael, Calif.-based Autodesk Inc. will host the ninth annual Autodesk University (AU) Nov. 27-30, 2001, in Las Vegas. Billed as "the premier learning event and users conference for design professionals worldwide," AU provides Autodesk...

Seminar to Explore GIS in Telecoms. (Conference Connection).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Wayland, Mass.-based Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC) and London-based IIR Conferences--UK will sponsor GIS in Telecoms 2001, a multispeaker seminar to beheld Nov. 12-15, 2001, in Geneva. The event will provide attendees with an opportunity to...

Crime Mapping Conference Slated for December. (Conference Connection).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... According to the National Institute of Justice's Crime Mapping Research Center (CMRC), several factors--from the lure of potential targets to simple geographic convenience for an offender--influence where people choose to break the law....

MapInfo Users to Explore Mobile Location Services. (Conference Connection).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... More than 300 Troy, N.Y.-based MapInfo Corp. customers, business partners and employees worldwide are expected to gather in Orlando, Fla., for the MapWorld 2001 Worldwide User Conference to beheld Nov. 12-15, 2001. The annual conference offers...

San Francisco to Welcome Geoscientists. (Conference Connection).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2001 Fall Meeting will be held Dec. 10-14, 2001, in San Francisco, providing an opportunity for researchers, teachers, contractors, authors, consultants and students to review the latest issues and studies...

Use Similarity to Identify Data Zones. (Beyond Mapping).(using geographical information systems to determine distance)(Brief Article)(Column)
November 1, 2001... Last month's "Beyond Mapping" column introduced the concept of data distance as a means to measure similarity within a map. Users simply "mouse click" a location, and all the other locations are assigned a similarity value from zero (zero...

How Will GIS Help Fight the War on Terrorism? (The "G" in GIS).(geographic information systems)
November 1, 2001... What role will GIS play in the world's new war on terrorism? Its contributions will be vast, no doubt, and the GIS community can take tremendous pride in the efforts already under way. One week after the scurrilous attack, NBC television...

Use the Web to Manage GPS Projects. (GPS/GIS Integration).(global positioning systems; geographic information systems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Global Positioning System (GPS) data collection and maintenance used to consist of one or two crews per organization working within a localized region. But now it's common for organizations to deploy 20 to 30 crews (hundreds in some instances)...

Is Proposal Writing Now More Important? (Business Strategies).(writing proposals for grants for geospatial research)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, have changed our lives forever. The events also are having a profound effect on the geospatial community. Many organizations are receiving attention from government agencies that previously gave them little...

Mergers and Acquisitions Remake the Competitive Landscape. (Industry Trends).(geographical information systems being bought up by corporate giants)
November 1, 2001... In April 1999, Autodesk acquired GIS software vendor Vision Solutions from SHL/Systemhouse. It wasn't a big deal by the standards of the day, but it was large enough to command attention in an industry dominated by smaller, privately held...

Northern Mapping Exposure: The Alaska DOT fights harsh conditions with proper planning and strict standards for GIS and computer-aided design products. (System Implementation).
November 1, 2001... In Alaska, where proximity to the polar region makes each year an extreme cycle of dark wintry days and sunny summet nights there's a joke about the seasons. It goes like this "You know about out four seasons in Alaska, right (2) Winter, Still...

Winds of Change: Tropical Storm Allison Bolsters Mapping Efforts. (Remote Sensing).(using airborne light detection and ranging technology to map potential flood area)
November 1, 2001... High-quality datasets aren't available for most populated flood-vulnerable areas, particularly in coastal zones. But a timely and accurate baseline topographic dataset is a critical tool for all phases of the disaster cycle for any major flood:...

Opposites Don't Attract in Spatial Autocorrelation. (Spatial Statistics).(geographical spatial statistics)
November 1, 2001... The most common measure of statistical correlation is between two variables for the same set of observations. A variant of this concept is serial correlation, which references the correlation among values for observations of a single variable,...

Clark Labs. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Clark Labs, Worcester, Mass., released the fourth data CD-ROM in its Global Change Data Archive series, 0.1 Degree Global Monthly Vegetation Index 1981-2000, which includes monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index maximum-value composite...

Dakota Worldwide Corp. (Data).(releases CD-ROM database with 2000 census data for the United States in MapInfo format)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Dakota Worldwide Corp., Minneapolis, released via CD-ROM in MapInfo format the U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 Summary File 1, which features the latest population and racial figures (e.g., block groups, tracts, ZIP Codes, cities, county-level files,...

DMTI Spatial Inc. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... DMTI Spatial Inc., Markham, Ontario, Canada, released CanMap version 5.0, which contains Canada wide street addressing for communities as small as 2,000 and street names for communities as small as 1,000.

Eastern Topographics. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Eastern Topographics, Wolfeboro, N.H., acquired further aerial imagery in the states of Connecticut and New York, and now offers almost complete stereo coverage of Connecticut, extending into eastern New York state.

Land info international LLC. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... LAND INFO International LLC, Aurora, Cob., introduced Quick Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQQ Aerial Photos, aerial photography that's been scanned to one-meter resolution and orthorectified. LAND INFO provides full U.S. Geological Survey...

Maps a la carte Inc. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Maps a la carte Inc., North Chelmsford, Mass., introduced TopoNet Server, a set of "collar-clipped" and reprojected topographic maps for the entire United States that's delivered via a network-attached storage server for immediate access and...

Avenza Systems Inc.(introduces geographical information system software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Avenza Systems Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, released MA Publisher version 4.0 for Macromedia Freehand version 10.0 for Microsoft Windows and Apple MacOS platforms. MA Publisher is a package of GIS and cartographic plug-in tools that...

Bentley Systems Inc.(introduces graphics software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Bentley Systems Inc., Exton, Pa., released Viecon Publisher, a server-based application that allows users who create or manage engineering drawings, maps and other geoengineering data and images to automatically publish via the Internet...

CARIS, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, released Spatial Fusion version 2.5.1.(internet-based geological information system software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... CARIS, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, released Spatial Fusion version 2.5.1, a World Wide Web-based mapping development platform that allows users to create customized Internet GIS solutions by integrating "front-end" Java components with...

Diba Consulting Software Engineers Inc. (DCSE).(introduces internet server software for geographical information system maps)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Diba Consulting Software Engineers Inc. (DCSE), Mission Viejo, Calif., introduced the Map Library Portal, a World Wide Web-based collaboration server designed to increase end-user access to GIS maps developed by ESRI Inc.'s user community, and...

Earth Resource Mapping.(introduces imagery software for geological information systems)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego, released Image Web Server version 1.6. Based on the two-way streaming protocol of Earth Resource Mapping's patented Enhanced Compressed Wavelet imagery format, Image Web Server 1.6 provides "real-time" panning...

ERDAS Inc.(introduces imaging processing software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... ERDAS Inc., Atlanta, announced ERDAS IMAGINE version 8.5 now features native support for LizardTech Inc.'s MrSID Geo encoder, providing users with an integrated image-processing system that allows users to rapidly create MrSID image files as...

ESRI Inc.(introduces new software products)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif., announced Arc-View version 8.1 now includes Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), allowing users to perform several customization functions with reduced development effort. Also, ESRI announced its ArcIMS and ArcSDE...

ESRI Canada.(introduces geographical information system software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... ESRI Canada, Toronto, is shipping ArcGIS vers ion 8.1 Geostatistical Analyst, which provides (via a GIS interface) a variety of tools for spatial data exploration, identification of data anomalies, statistical estimation, optimal surface...

Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S).(introduces new graphics software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S), Salt Lake City, released RAPIDsite version 2.2, which allows landscape architects, civil engineers, and land and municipal planners to create dynamic 3-D site visualizations of commercial,...

Geo InSight International Inc.(introduces geographical information system software for personal digital assistants)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... Geo InSight International Inc., Carpinteria, Calif., released GeoPDA, a package of mobile applications for mapping and asset management that allow users to transform personal digital assistants and other hand-held devices that operate on Palm...

iMedeon Inc. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... iMedeon Inc., Aipharetta, Ga., released iM:Work version 3.0, a World Wide Web-based mobile work-force management system comprised of three configurable modules (Integrator, Workcenter and Workforce) that allow users to optimize all aspects of...

InterGis LLC. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... InterGis LLC, Torrington, Conn., and Dynamic Mobile Data Systems Inc. (DMD) released a "real-time" wireless routing and scheduling system that integrates DMD's wireless technology and InterGis' Visual Control Room visual routing product,...

Intergraph Corp. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala., announced Intergraph Mapping and GIS enhanced its GeoMedia WebMap and GeoWebEnterprise version 4.0 products to include added functionality that emphasizes openness, flexibility and support for industry...

IZOIC Inc. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... IZOIC Inc., Englewood, Colo., released eBuild Geographic Business Services (GBS) version 2.0, a dynamic mapping product that allows end users such as facility owners, municipal works departments and call centers to securely build, analyze and...

MapInfo Corp. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y., released MapInfo Routing J Server version 2.0, a customizable direction and routing engine designed to help users improve drive-time and routing efficiency. Also, MapInfo enhanced its MapInfo MapXtreme product for the...

ProMap Corp. (PMC). (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... ProMap Corp. (PMC), Ames, Iowa, released PMCgis version 8.1, a group of local government extensions for ESRI Inc.'s ArcGIS version 8.1 platform. PMCgis 8.1 (available in seven modules) features coordinate geometry tools, a set of extended...

Red Hen Systems Inc. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Red Hen Systems Inc., Fort Collins, Cob., released MapCalc Learner--Academic, a grid-based spatial analysis package that offers a variety of tutorials and reference materials, which are designed to support fundamental spatial analysis and GIS...

Sensor Systems Inc. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Sensor Systems Inc., Sterling, Va., released RemoteView Professional version 2.02 for Microsoft Windows 2000/NT platforms, which allows users to perform image processing, GIS, multispectral and image-calibration processes on large, uncompressed...

TerraSeer Inc. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... TerraSeer Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich., released BoundarySeer, which detects, describes and analyzes geographic boundaries by identifying spatial patterns and then assessing the probability that such patterns would occur by chance, and ClusterSeer,...

Trimble Navigation Ltd. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Trimble Navigation Ltd., Sunnyvale, Calif., added to its mapping and GIS offerings Red Hen Systems Inc.'s MediaMapper product, which allows users to integrate digital imagery with Global Positioning System data from Trimble's GIS data...

Vidar Systems Corp. (Software).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... VIDAR Systems Corp., Herndon, Va., released TruScan2, a wide-format-document, scan-to-file program designed to help users more easily capture raster images from original documents. The product is free and will be shipped with future VIDAR...

GARMIN International Inc. (Hardware).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... GARMIN International Inc., Olathe, Kan,, introduced the GDL 49 Satellite Data Link Transceiver, which receives satellite-based weather data and displays NEXRAD graphics and other information via GARMIN's panel-mount mapping avionics systems,...

Leica Geosystems Inc. (Hardware).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Leica Geosystems Inc., Torrance, Calif, and IBM Corp. introduced the GS5, a high-accuracy Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver designed to provides users with a "plug-and-play" solution for GIS data acquisition. The receiver, which is...

Thales Navigation. (Hardware).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... THALES Navigation, Santa Clara, Calif., introduced the Magellan Meridian series of Global Position System (GPS) hand-held receivers, which offer Secure Digital Memory Card capabilities to expand flash memory capacity for storing and downloading...

Trimble Navigation Ltd. (Hardware).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Trimble Navigation Ltd., Sunnyvale, Calif., introduced (via the Trimble Toolbox of Integrated Surveying offerings) the TSCe Controller, a hand-held data collector that uses light, sound and touch to help surveyors conduct multiple tasks more...

Xybernaut Corp. (Hardware).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Xybernaut Corp., Fairfax, Va., began shipping its Mobile Assistant V (MA V) wearable computer to customers in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, utilities, government agencies, and transportation and...

CyTerra Corp. (Miscellaneous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... CyTerra Corp., Waltham, Mass., introduced the RadioTrac Portable System for hand-held two-way radios, a fully portable location and emergency tracking system that consists of a base station; a miniature GPS transceiver, which features patented...

LH Systems LLC. (Miscellaneous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... LH Systems LLC, San Diego, released the GDM100 GeoVault Data Manager, which provides automated, cost-effective, accessible and secure long-term storage and management of digital imagery files and geospatial information in workgroup, intranet or...

Miner & Miner, Consulting Engineers Inc. (Miscellaneous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Miner & Miner, Consulting Engineers Inc., Fort Collins, Colo., now offers Building Your ArcFM: How to Deliver a Spatial Facilities Management System On Time and Within Budget, a book written by Jeff Meyers (Miner & Miner's president) that...

PowerLOC Technologies Inc. (Miscellaneous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... PowerLOC Technologies Inc., Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, now is shipping its Destinator mobile Global Positioning System [GPS] navigation system for personal digital assistants, which features built-in voice prompts that guide users through...

Trimble Navigation Ltd. (Miscellaneous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Trimble Navigation Ltd., Sunnyvale, Calif., introduced the GPS Pathfinder Express service (information at http://www.trimble.com/express), which allows mapping and GIS professionals to process Global Positioning System [GPS] field data online....

UPS Logistics Group. (Miscellaneous).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... UPS Logistics Group, Atlanta, released MOBILECAST version 5.1, a client/server-based wireless dispatch and delivery tool that allows users to manage customer-facing operations in "real time." MOBILE-CAST 5.1 bundles dispatch, tracking and...

3Di LLC. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... 3Di LLC, Easton, Md., completed the issuance of Series B Preferred Stock to its current owners (led by Koch Ventures Inc.), a round of funding that represents more than $2.7 million in new capital for 3Di.

3Dlabs Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... 3Dlabs Inc. Let., Sunnyvale, Calif, announced its Wildcat II 5110 and Wildcat II 5000 graphics accelerators were certified by Hewlett-Packard Co. for the high-performance HP workstation x2000 and HP workstation x4000.

AGRA Baymont Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... AGRA Baymont Inc., Clearwater, Fla., was selected (as a subcontractor to CES International) by Bermuda Electric Light Co. Ltd. (BELCO) to provide conversion and migration services to help implement CES' Express Centricity software. Under the...

Berryman & Henigar Inc.. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Berryman & Henigar Inc., San Diego, won contracts from Hillsborough County, Fla., to provide variety of professional engineering services (e.g., water resources, utilities, transportation, etc.) for several county projects scheduled for the...

Blue Marble Geographics. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Blue Marble Geographics, Gardiner, Maine, announced the town of Carrabassett Valley, Maine, used Blue Marble's Internet-based mapping service, BeyondGeo, to publish via its World Wide Web site (http://www.carrabassettvalley.org) an interactive,...

Cadcorp Ltd. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Cadcorp Ltd., Stevenage, United Kingdom, announced the National Land Use Database (NLUD) partnership, an intergovernmental body responsible for establishing and managing the first-ever comprehensive land-use database in the United Kingdom,...

Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM). (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM), Cambridge, Mass., received an Honor Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers for developing an enterprisewide GIS for JEA, an electric, water and wastewater utility in Jacksonville, Fla.,...

Carmenta AB. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Carmenta AB, Gothenburg, Sweden, announced the Defence Material Administration (FMV) selected its SpatialAce GIS technology for use within the Swedish Armed Forces. Also, Car-menta and Ericsson Microwave Systems AB signed a software license...

Construction & Survey Instruments Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Construction & Survey Instruments Inc., Dallas, merged three of its facilities--Spectra Physics Laser plane Dallas Inc., McCully Instruments and Spectra products--rebranding them under the new compan name "GeoShack" to unite operations and...

Definiens Imaging GmbH. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Definiens Imaging GmbH, Munchen, Germany, announced the Centro National de Informacao Geografica Portugal selected the company's eCognition technology to develop new methodologies for land-cover mapping based on automatic procedures.

DMTI Spatial Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... DMTI Spatial Inc., Markham, Ontario, Canada, announced Maporama SA integrated DMTI's CanMap RouteLogistics product with its online mapping service, Maporama.com (http://www.maporama.com), to provide users with the Canadian street-map routing...

Earth Resource Mapping. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego, appointed Geo-Research, a multidisciplinary GIS consultancy company, as distributor for Earth Resource Mapping products in Pakistan. Also, Earth Resource Mapping donated three hnage Web Server licenses to the...

EarthScan Network Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... EarthScan Network Inc., Albuquerque, N.M., agreed to facditate the further distribution of AirPhotoUSA LLC's digital aerial imagery and Change Detection application via its World Wide Web site and affiliated storefronts, and also will develop a...

El Technologies LLC. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... El Technologies LLC, Parker, Colo., won a contract from the city of Oceanside, Calif., Water Utilities Department to provide a geospatial data model and consulting services for a department wide GIS that will integrate future work management,...

ESRI Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif., announced that Shell International Exploration and Production standardized on ESRI's ArcGIS, ArcIMS and ArcSDE products (closely integrated with a spatially enabled object-relational database management system) for...

Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S). (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S), Salt Lake City, announced Stantec Consulting Inc. purchased multiple licenses of E&S' RAPIDsite 3-D visualization product for use as its primary marketing and presentation tool.

GeoCom TMS Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... GeoCom TMS Inc., Quebec, announced Southern Maryland Oil will use GeoCom's TMS Router product to optimize heating-oil deliveries.

Geoconcept SA. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Geoconcept SA, Paris, announced its GeoConcept version 4,2 GIS software now offers high-quality image handling via the integration of LizardTech Inc.'s MrSID Geo file format.

Geographic Data Technology Inc. (GDT). (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Geographic Data Technology Inc. (GDT), Lebanon, N.H., incorporated its Canadian street and address database into Northport Systems Inc.'s package of FUGAWI hand-held Global Positioning System software products to provide FUGAWI users with...

The GeoInformation Group. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The GeoInformation Group, Cambridge, United Kingdom, won a contract from the Cambridgeshire County Council to provide its CRUpdates program, a continuous data capture service that monitors change within aerial photographic datasets, to monitor...

Geonomics Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Geonomics Inc., Boston, announced the closing of the company's Round A funding, which totaled more than $2.5 million from venture firms. Also, the company announced a new corporate identity "geoVue," which will use the funding to continue...

GeoSpectral & Spatial Sciences Inc. (Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... GeoSpectral & Spatial Sciences Inc., Arlington, Va., formed a teaming agreement with Booz. Allen & Hamilton Inc., under which GeoSpectral was awarded a support contract to provide senior-level consulting services in multisensor image science to...